Nelson Illingworth b. 1862

  • Artist (Sculptor)
Illingsworth was a sculptor, employed by the Sydney Technical College as a sculptor and model maker. He later turned to pottery, then portrait busts in the 1890s. In 1893, he also executed the models for the ornamental lamp posts for Martin Place in front of the General Post Office. He carried out a number of portrait sculpture commissions and exhibited his work at Anthony Horderns in 1924.
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Citations

  • “Lamp Posts in Martin Place.” Australasian Builder and Contractors News, 15 April 1893, p.149.

  • Noel S. Hutchison, 'Illingworth, Nelson William (1862–1926)’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University,

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References [<ExternalResource: “Lamp Posts in Martin Place.” Australasian Builder and Contractors News, 15 April 1893, p.149.>, <ExternalResource: Noel S. Hutchison, 'Illingworth, Nelson William (1862–1926)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, >] [<ExternalResource: “Lamp Posts in Martin Place.” Australasian Builder and Contractors News, 15 April 1893, p.149.>]